Paneer is extremely popular In the Indian subcontinent using paneer we can prepare a long list of varieties starting from paneer pakoras to butter paneer, paneer da piyaza, and so on. So let's find out the history of paneer. The root word is the Persian term paneer from it emerged words like paneer. which refers to any kind of cheese the english term of paneer used today has been derived from the Urdu and Hindi terms paneer. There are basically three theories claiming the birth of this milk delicacy the one the Vedic origin second the Iranian afghan history and the third one the Portuguese Bengali.

The first theory is of Vedic origin the Vedic society used to view cow as a holy being and thus milk was considered to be something that shouldn't be acidified there are various references to butter curd ghee. Still, there's hardly any mention of sour milk cheese breaking the milk was taboo back then however chef Sanjeev Kapoor says the Vedic literature has the referee of an item that resembles the modern-day paneer so whether cheese or paneer has its Vedic origin or not remains quite a foggy and misty notion even Rigveda legend about Krishna refers to milky cream but never talked about paneer.

Now the second paneer now the second theory is perhaps the most widely accepted based on the text like charka samita many food scholars suggested that kushana satwana era bears evidence of heated and acidulated milk. It is said that the Iranian afghan traveler brought paneer into India even though the national dairy research institute stated that afghan and Iranian invaders were the ones who had drawn paneer into India.

And now the third theory is the Portuguese Bengali origin the third stated that the Portuguese living in Bengal during the 17th century taught the people the art of breaking the milk with acid or citric acid. They also taught the Bengalis the concepts of facitulating milk and thus broke the old age taboo. Thus from this, the formation of cheese and chenna emerged from Bengal the Bengal metaballs which are the markers used to prepare various sweets with this chenna, and unified cheese most among them is the rashogulla. So in nutshell, we say that paneer is the origin of the Indian subcontinent.

One more thing about paneer do you know that word paneer day is celebrated on the 6th of February every year. how interesting isn't it? Well for all the vegetarians for Paneer something wow. So whatever be its birth or food history paneer tends to be one of the most loved dishes in this land paneer is one such once tasted it is very difficult to dislike its taste.